iPhone 15 Models Have ‘Completely Standard’ USB-C Port Without Restrictions on Accessories::Apple’s new iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 15 Pro Max are equipped with a “completely standard” USB-C port without…
“W00T, THE BARE MINIMUM, TAKE THAT GOOGLE” *Apple fans, still stuck, like, in 2017
What really blows my mind is not that the lower-end models have USB2.0 speeds, but that all iPhones always have in the past.
Lighting truly was ancient.
Apple actually upgraded Lightning to USB 3.0 speeds for the first (and second?) generation iPad Pro. There’s a official USB 3 “camera adapter” (essentially a Lightning to USB-A + Lightning passthrough for charging dongle) that works with these iPads at 3.0 speeds.
That was a very short run though, I don’t even think Apple ever released a Lightning to USB-A/C cable with 3.0 speeds.
I don’t think having a desire to elevate the level of discussion beyond, “Haha fuck you Apple!” and rather focus on the technology and its ramifications qualifies as bitter fanboy-ism.
I can’t say that I’ve seen any comment like this where the user wasn’t being sarcastic.
I hope not, otherwise I have been charging myself the wrong way for decades!
For now…
Also the article states the lower price models will get 480Mbits, the more expensive ones will get 10Gbits. There is your artificial limitation. I wouldn’t be surprised to see the same hardware inside
Older chip doesn’t have a 3.0 controller. While disappointing, not really an artificial limit
(Android fan btw)
The cost difference to a 3.2 controller is trivial. It’s an arbitrary limitation to differentiate it from the Pro model. They are capitalising on the work done by USB-IF to improve the spec in a way no other member would dream of
Edit: Thanks for telling me about how a $1000+ flagship phone shipping with industry subpar connectivity is OK because they used the SoC from last gen. Truly a revelation.
The difference isn’t just upgrading to a 3.2 controller, it’s literally a different chip. The A16 vs the A17. Unless you’re suggesting they add a secondary controller to the board? Which doesn’t actually work, since the A16 wouldn’t be able to support the speed difference, so you’d have a 3.2 controller locked down to 2.0 specs anyway.
Crack open an iPhone sometime. The mainboard is a tiny little thing with only a couple of chips on it. In general- CPU, storage, RAM, baseband (cellular radio). Sure they could add a USB 3.2 controller, but that’s another chip sucking power and taking board space, increasing BoM cost, and since most iPhone users never plug their phone into a computer it’d be wasted.
So they use the USB controller built into the SoC (system on chip), and with the old chip that’s 2.0 only.
Guess they must have a surplus of A16 chips and/or the A17 is proving expensive to make.
The controller is a part of the SoC. It would be a completely different SoC, not just an additional controller. The SoC in the 15 is essentially the 14 Pro SoC. Possibly binned from last year’s production line.
Not just that, lightning was a similar speed to usb2. It’s in their interest to make the pro look like an upgrade rather than highlight just how bad the lightning was really for the consumer
Why do all iphone articles currently have this picture of a toilet seat?
:-)
But how many people actually use this port for data transfer in uses cases where speed is vital? I haven’t transferred anything to my iPhone by cable since 2015 or something.
The bigger question is, will developers be able to talk to their USB-C equipment without an MFi chip?
